Incandescence

Speech is silver.
Silence is golden.

This classic 1848 proverb eerily parallels a pervasive societal theme. Discretion may at times be more valuable than eloquent words but sitting on your hands remains unacceptable.

Growth has no endpoint. Change is a constant “Truth” in life. Countless people envision and talk about changes they would like in their lives yet refrain from getting the job done. Endurance athletes are not exempt from this behavior.

“Let silence take you to the core of life.”
~Jalaluddin Rumi

Performance training teaches us awareness. 
Though I have never met an endurance athlete who does not want to improve his/her performance; most seem unaware wellness and performance are not synonymous. You may be a consistent podium finisher yet reside on the planet of self-destruction. 

Performance has become the endurance mantra in spite of one’s wellness. 
Wellness and performance represent possibilities…not pathology.

Our innate zeal to achieve our potential lies dormant unless we exert the requisite courage to unleash it. Your mindset catalyzes whether you actualize or implode. Mindfulness manifests synergy which cultivates self-actualization. Choose wisely.

“Do you have the patience to wait 
Till your mud settles and the water is clear?
Can you remain unmoving
Till the right action arises by itself?”
~Lao Tzu

The issue is whether or not our fragile warrior persona has the courage to fetch inside us that which truly moves us. This requires a decision. Decisions do not have an out-clause. You become relegated to sitting on your hands or moving swiftly forward. Humans have a propensity to move away from their issues and problems rather than confront them in an effort to improve circumstances or results.

Self-actualization represents one of the quintessential theories of human motivation and the intrinsic growth of an organism. Your mindset is the first step on your path – whether changing mindless dietary habits, improving sports performance, or experiencing your highest self.

The desired outcome of wellness is the actualization of one’s true psychopathic/spiritual potential. Wellness represents self-actualization. This embodies the full integration of mind, body, spirit, and environment.

Your mindset is the cornerstone to your pursuit of higher levels of wellness, performance, and full potential in life and sport. Nobody said growth would be painless and comfortable. The vital nature of discovering meaning and purpose in our lives may be a difficult path – but the answers are inside us. 

Defining our mindset and attaining growth requires risk. Possessing the courage to understand why people and endurance athletes do not do what they know they need to do for themselves is vexation. Transcending wellness, performance, and potential in life and sport is what we do best – only you know the value of these elements in your life.

“Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself.”
~Jalaluddin Rumi

Performance Medicine™ is about synergy.
One of the Keys to Living in the Song of Life is to create authentic lyrics.

Your path to optimal wellness and performance in life and sport is a unique, diversified version grounded by the illumination of your silence. 
Introspection will elucidate the cornerstone of optimization — your mindset.

This foundation is the catalyst to crafting relentless, synergistic, unyielding courage and tenacity in the face of adversity; boundless pursuit of challenges in the quest for limitless, meaningful life.

Harmonizing the following principles will optimize your life and endurance sport performance:

• Mindset;
• Wellness;
• Performance;
• Self-Actualization

Your mindset reflects your “what and why” in life and sport. These elements must be defined foremost; yet, many people take a lifetime to seek clarification when the answers always reside inside us. 

Mindset is about potential, action, and results. Your beliefs, attitudes, traits, and related qualities will channel your vision and purpose. Enhanced focus propels strategic innovation. 

The far-reaching benefits of merging authenticity with gratitude are inexpressible. The popular notion of balance is overvalued and indefensible. It is a mystical precipice of the mundane.

Your insatiable desire to impact the world with your uniqueness must parallel your limitless creativity. An effective and proficient mindset requires full immersion with undeniable passion and an unrelenting verve.

Trusting yourself is the key. Dualism will become your demise – if you allow it. Intuition will not lead you astray. In order to accomplish more, serve more, excel on the trails, become fulfilled, and the rest of it, you must embrace risk.

Your mindset will determine the quality and impact level the other principles play in your quest for self-actualization.  It is a sequential process and you are responsible for harmonizing those elusive, authentic  lyrics representing your “Song of Life.”

You cannot be well if your mindset is unclear. You cannot perform if you are not well. You will never maximize your potential if any of the other elements in the process are whacked. This pertains to life and sport. It is unfortunate millions of people and endurance athletes attempt to fake it.

“Freedom lies in being bold.”
~Robert Frost

Suffering and challenges elevate our resourcefulness, reveal, foster, and fulfill our “True Nature.” A key part of the human potential movement was the mind-body-spirit approach to human behavior. Self-actualization is much more than a cognitive reverb into what we desire from life.

Psychologist Abraham Maslow provided the foundation upon which the concept of wellness was built. The cornerstone was the posit that humans possess an innate drive to actualize their true potential.

Maslow contended the unmistakable drive to reach our true potential never subsides. Said drive is propelled by disappointment, failure, and discouragement. It even haunts us on our death beds. Our will to actualize forever presses no matter how many times it has been denied.

Playing havoc on your mindset clarity is Maslow’s hierarchy of needs – deficiency needs versus being needs. This is fear versus growth phenomenon. As much as we prefer security, safety, status quo we are nagged by the sense of being unfulfilled. As much as we desire to express ourselves we tend to sit on our hands. This leads to regret.

Defining your mindset creates awareness and discipline. You have given yourself the green light to explore growth. Remaining under the guise of balance masquerades the path to your true potential in life and sport. Change is categorized as an event versus a process. This is when the mayhem begins. This is when self-sabotage becomes an insidious path to implosion.

There is a fire inside of you that must be allowed to generate its authentic glow to the world. It is imperative you resist the safety net of balance and boldly blaze your unique path.

Nothing stops you but your mindset.
Change your mindset…change your life.
It is the time for regeneration.
No better time than now to ditch excuses and resurrect your life.

A limitless life is a choice…